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Ability to add a secondary axis to a chart

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Firdous Shamsudeen on 14 Jan 2015 00:00:59

Right now all the charts supports only one y axis. There should be a support for secondary axis as well.

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e6fda3e5 8a0e-4a3c-a671-e29e8274082c on 05 Jul 2020 22:12:32

RE: Ability to add a secondary axis to a chart

Any update on adding the secondary Y axis to a column chart?

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602fe268 00ac-4ade-8597-b90a38a9f653 on 05 Jul 2020 22:11:00

RE: Ability to add a secondary axis to a chart

I typically make a combo chart, e.g. line and stacked column chart. I assign Time period to the shared axis, then one of the metrics to Line Values and the other metric to Column Values.

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7f7e85b2 bea1-4b62-9abe-3104b3e3d8e6 on 05 Jul 2020 22:09:05

RE: Ability to add a secondary axis to a chart

Any further update on this? The support link indicates how to change chart type but doesn't help with a secondary Y axis.

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b121a43d f680-4973-9e20-c7ecc58c40bc on 05 Jul 2020 22:09:03

RE: Ability to add a secondary axis to a chart

This doesn't work - there appears to be no way to add a secondary Y axis which is, frankly speaking, utterly ridiculous.

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63a37c2c 7673-47fa-b709-0725d40bebac on 05 Jul 2020 22:02:28

RE: Ability to add a secondary axis to a chart

This now seems to make the decision automatically on whether to apply a secondary axis or not. How can I force the line series to plot on the primary Y axis?

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955db86b 2138-419a-abdd-346949a9bd5f on 05 Jul 2020 22:01:20

RE: Ability to add a secondary axis to a chart

Make two charts and drag one on the other

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881f4982 83f2-406e-9200-2fe32593d48f on 05 Jul 2020 22:00:45

RE: Ability to add a secondary axis to a chart

This was not a helpful solution. Some graphs benefit by having multiple axes. For example, variance between two other data points will not have the same scale as the two data points being compared.